Taliban capture of Sangin town in helmand province of Afgan is imminent

Taliban capture of Sangin town in helmand province of Afgan is imminent

Reports from the southern Afghan province of Helmand suggest Taliban militants are close to overrunning the strategically important town of Sangin.

Helmand’s governor, Mirza Khan Rahimi, stated  that their authorities were still in control, but his own deputy on the reverse  said that Sangin had been overrun.

The Taliban said they controlled most of the town and the main administrative building had been abandoned.

In the east, a Taliban attack near Bagram killed six US soldiers.

It was one of the deadliest attacks on foreign forces in Afghanistan this year.

Some 12,000 foreign soldiers are deployed as part of the NATO-led Resolute Support international coalition, which is meant to underpin Afghanistan’s own security forces.

The battle for Sangin comes a little over a year after the end of UK combat operations in Afghanistan, in which at least 450 soldiers were killed.

During its deployment in Helmand, the British military suffered its heaviest losses in Sangin.